Title: Apply methods of reporting and preventing errors.
Course: Surgical Technologist I (14056-I) > Section: Demonstrating Technical Knowledge

Application should include

- using safe procedure review/time-outs before the insertion of a scope or the initial incision
- verifying the patient/medication/surgical site
- ensuring proper identification of the affected extremity prior to surgery
- reporting errors, as needed
- explaining the importance of reporting errors in procedures, breaks in sterile technique, and other significant events.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is included in a time-out? Who can call the time-out? What is the intended result of a time-out?
- In what perioperative stages is verification of patient, medication, and surgical site necessary? How is verification implemented? What is the relationship between verification and quality perioperative care?
- Why is it mandatory to report perioperative errors in a timely manner? How are they reported?